Ryan Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Ryan Garcia plans to be a personal gadfly to Gervonta Davis. The 23-year-old lightweight contender from Victorville, California, has made it clear he wants nothing more than a showdown with Baltimore hard-hitter Davis. Garcia became more emboldened about that match-up after his sixth-round stoppage of Javier Fortuna last Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
A group of fans chanted, “We want Tank,” as Ryan Garcia was interviewed by DAZN’s broadcast team on a stage inside Crytpo.com Arena after he knocked out Javier Fortuna in the sixth round Saturday night.
Oscar De La Hoya offered his latest entreaty to Gervonta Davis to fight his charge Ryan Garcia. The head of Golden Boy Promotions took to social media a couple of days after Garcia scored a sixth-round stoppage over Javier Fortuna in their 140-pound bout at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Garcia scored three knockdowns in a one-sided performance.
Fighting for world titles isn’t the least bit important to Ryan Garcia. If their handlers overcome obstacles that could prohibit him and Gervonta Davis from fighting next, the hard-hitting Garcia won’t consider their pay-per-view fight any less significant because they won’t fight for a world title. Davis owns the WBA’s secondary lightweight championship, but Garcia began demanding after he weighed in Friday for his sixth-round knockout of Javier Fortuna on Saturday night that Davis must move up to the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds to make their fight a reality.
By Keith Idec - Someone from Gervonta Davis’ team finally responded Wednesday to Ryan Garcia’s persistent social media campaign for the fight Garcia wants next. Floyd Mayweather, Davis’ promoter, told FightHype.com during a phone interview that Davis is willing to fight Garcia before the end of this year. Davis will “absolutely not,” however, face Garcia at the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds, a demand Garcia divulged after he weighed in Friday for his sixth-round knockout of Javier Fortuna on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES – Ryan Garcia doesn’t think his demand for them to fight at the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds should prevent Gervonta Davis from embracing their showdown.
Eddie Hearn is certain Gervonta Davis wants to fight Ryan Garcia. The British promoter predicted that the unbeaten Baltimore native will knock out Garcia if their high-profile fight finally happens. Hearn called Davis-Garcia “a massive fight” and hopes that their competing promoters and platform executives can put it together for later this year.
It’s one of the most traditional matches in boxing. Mixing a young, still proving blue chip prospect with earning potential and against a respected, smaller veteran makes sense. It contains the physical risks of a contest while giving looks at more evolved competition.
This past Saturday night, Ryan Garcia continued his unbeaten run with a five round destruction of former world champion Javier Fortuna. Following the win, Garcia called for a showdown with another unbeaten star, Gervonta Davis.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Ryan Garcia fought over the weekend. Showed some patience. Landed some shots. And eventually got to his foe with a series of flashy punches that yielded three knockdowns, a sixth-round finish and an audience to make a case for bigger quarry.